Tag: Dr Asim Hussain

Let’s fuel up our trade!

Federal Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources Dr. Asim Hussain has said that Pak-India has great potential for trade in petroleum products and in...

LPG an effective alternative to CNG: Dr Asim

Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain has said that Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is an alternative source of Compress Natural...

Synchronising price fluctuation with int’l market

Minister for petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain on Thursday said that the Ministry would take up a proposal to evaluate the petroleum...

Action-packed NA session likely as PML-N to continue protest

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will continue with its protest in parliament to press PM Yousaf Raza Gilani to step down after the apex...

Do not let the petroleum minister fool you

The CNG stations of Lahore region would remain closed for three days and there will be no relief for the consumers at least in...

Govt mulls over de-linking LPG prices from Aramco

Government is again thinking to delink Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices from the Saudi Aramco Contract Prices (CP) as linking of locally produced LPG...

Iran offers Pakistan 80,000 barrels per day of crude

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Petroleum, Dr Asim Hussain said on Tuesday that Iran has offered to provide 80,000 barrels per day of...

Pakistan to avail all options to meet energy requirements

Petroleum Minister Dr Asim Hussain on Wednesday told the US envoy Cameron Munter that Pakistan needs urgent steps to meet its rising energy requirements...

Historic high!

Without showing any mercy to the people already cornered by inflation and economic instability, the government apathetically passed on the full impact of rising...

Petrol disappears in wake of a hike

Petrol shortages reportedly hit stations around the provincial capital on Tuesday as motorists rushed to fill up before a price hike. Various filling stations...

Pakistan-India to hold TAPI pipeline talks on Jan 24-25

Petroleum Minister Dr Asim Hussain left for India on Monday to hold talks with his Indian counterpart on the issues of security of the...

Petroleum minister to visit India for TAPI transit fee talks

Petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain will be visiting New Delhi to discuss the issue of transit fee for Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan and India (TAPI)...

LNG investors force govt to provide level playing field

The government suffered a major embarrassment on Thursday when it was forced by the intending Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) importers to desist from hurriedly...

Lack of expertise hampering gas crisis resolution

Government is facing hurdles in vying to resolve energy crisis due to; lack of expertise in concerned ministries, failure to reduce the price difference...

APTMA protests outside SNGPL office

Thousands of textile unit workers protested in front of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) Head Office on Wednesday against suspension of gas...

Gas crisis

It is what it is Just the way dams can only store water but not create it, good and effective management could have only delayed...

Govt to drop gas bomb: tariff to rise by 14pc

To retain the profitability of the two inefficient state-owned gas utility companies and to enable them to undertake politically motivated gas supply schemes, the...